Who is Simone Biles?
Simone is a member of the U.S. Senior National Team and trains at Bannon’s Gymnastics in Texas. Simone won the all around and floor title at the 2013 World Championship. At the 2013 Jesolo Trophy Meet in Italy, Simone won the senior team All Around title with a 60.4. Simone went on to take the vault, beam, and floor event titles at the competition. Simone made her senior international debut at the 2013 AT&T American Cup where she finished 2nd all around and 1st on vault and bars at the 2013 AT&T American Cup. Simone won the junior all around title at the 2012 Secret Classic.
“I always say my biggest competitor is myself, because whenever I step out there on the mat, I’m competing against myself to prove that I can do this and that I am very well trained and prepared for it. So I always just listen to [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][my mom’s advice] – Simone, be the best that you can be. It just really sticks with me whenever I go out to competition.” – Simone Biles on her motto
12 Interesting Facts About Simone Biles
1. Simone Biles was born on March 14, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. Simone is now 19 years old and she is 4 ft 9 in (145 cm.)
2. Simone Biles is the 2013 – 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Champion.
3. She made a mistake on the uneven bars but still pulled it together with a sold performance and won.
4. Simone trains 30 hours per week in the Gym World Champions Centre in Houston, Texas with her long-time coach, Aimee Boorman.
5. Simone began her gymnastics career in 2003.
6. She started doing gymnastics because she went to Bannon’s on a day care field trip. While she was there she imitated the other gymnast and Coach Ronnie noticed.
7. In the history of gymnastics, Simone is the only female with the highest number of gold medals. And just in case all of that wasn’t enough for you, she’s also the first female gymnast to be an all-around world champion three years in a row.
8. Simone has won 14 world gymnastics medals, the most in U.S. history. That’s right: Even if she doesn’t win a single medal at the Olympics (which is highly unlikely), she’ll still be a living legend in the sport.
9. She loves experimenting with eye makeup.
10. She is also “obsessed” with the Kardashians.
11. Zac Efron is her no. 1 celebrity crush, and she loves every movie he’s ever been in. Simone loves him so much, when she appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show this year, Ellen Degeneres gifted her with a Zac Efron-print leotard.
12. She brings a lucky charm with her to every competition. According to NBC, she always travels with a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes. Clearly, it works.
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2016 (3 gold medals – team, vault and all round gold medal)
- 2015 – gold (team, all-around, balance beam, floor exercise); bronze (vault)
- Years of participation: 2013-15
- Medals: 14 (10 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes)
- Gold – 2013 (all-around, floor exercise); 2014 (team, all-around, balance beam, floor exercise); 2015 (team, all-around, balance beam, floor exercise)
- Silver – 2013 (vault); 2014 (vault)
- Bronze – 2013 (balance beam); 2015 (vault)
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
On August 7, Biles competed in the Women’s Qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She scored a 16.050 on the vault, a 15.000 on the uneven bars, a 15.633 on the balance beam, and a 15.733 on the floor exercise. Along with the team final, she individually qualified into the all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise finals. On August 9, Biles won her first Olympic gold medal in the gymnastics team event. She also won the gold medal individual all-around on August 11, with teammate Aly Raisman winning the silver. Biles had a total score of 62.198 with 15.866 on the vault, 14.966 on the un-even bars, 15.433 on the balance beam, and 15.933 on the floor. Biles had the highest scores on vault, balance beam, and floor; she had the only score over 15 on balance beam in the finals. In the women’s vault, she won her second individual gold medal with a score of 15.966. Her lead before second place finisher Maria Paseka (Russia) was more than 0.7 points, in part due to mistakes from the rest of the field, combined with Biles’ clean and controlled vaults.
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